When Steven Spielberg talks about the way forward for the movie business, you’d do properly to pay attention. Very like he foresaw plenty of our present day predicaments regarding film theaters in 2013, Spielberg knew “The Masks of Zorro” was one of many final of its variety throughout filming. In an interview with Yahoo! Leisure to mark the movie’s 25 yr anniversary, Banderas recalled:

“Steven Spielberg stated to me as soon as after we had been capturing, ‘That is most likely going to be one of many final Westerns shot in the way in which the Westerns had been shot within the outdated days, with actual scenes with actual horses, the place the whole lot is actual, [real] sword combating, no CGI.’ The whole lot was [practical].”

“And he stated, ‘However issues are going to alter. They’ll change and so they’re gonna change quick. And so try to be happy with this film,'” Banderas added. “And I’m, most likely much more now than on the time that I used to be doing it.” In fact, acclaimed movies just like the “3:10 to Yuma” and “True Grit” remakes would hold the practical-heavy method to Westerns alive over the last decade that adopted, but they had been noticeably decrease budgeted affairs than “The Masks of Zorro.” Then got here the expensive misfires that had been “Cowboys & Aliens” and Disney’s “The Lone Ranger,” which tried to stay trustworthy to the sensible custom whereas on the similar time utilizing CGI to reinforce their set items and notice their extra fantastical components. 

If something, the sensible Western’s decline makes all of it the simpler to understand “The Masks of Zorro” wanting again. “It was a really lovely journey film with plenty of elements that made it shine in a really lovely method. I’ve nothing however good reminiscences,” stated Banderas. So can we.